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intermits

intermits is the third-person singular simple present indicative of intermit.

Meaning of intermit

Verb

intermit (third-person singular simple present intermits, present participle intermitting, simple past and past participle intermitted)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend.
    • Pray to the gods to intermit the plague.1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Questions about intermits

What is intermits the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Intermits is the third-person singular simple present indicative of intermit.

Words near intermits in the dictionary

  1. intermissions
  2. intermissive
  3. intermit
  4. intermitochondrial
  5. intermitotic
  6. intermits
  7. intermitted
  8. intermittedly
  9. intermitten
  10. intermittence
  11. intermittences

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